FATHERS A&D CHILDREN
festive occasions! * He filled three champagne
glasses and a little wineglass, proposed the
health of * our inestimable guests,* and at once
tossed off his glass in military fashion ; while he
made Anna Vlasyevna drink her wineglass to
the last drop. When the time came in due
course for preserves, Arkady, who could not
bear anything sweet, thought it his duty, how-
ever, to taste four different kinds which had
been freshly made, all the more as Bazarov flatly
refused them and began at once smoking a
cigarette. Then tea came on the scene with
cream, butter, and cracknels; then Vassily Ivano-
vitch took them all into the garden to admire
the beauty of the evening. As they passed a
garden seat he whispered to Arkady—
c At this spot I love to meditate, as I watch
the sunset; it suits a recluse like me. And there,
a little farther off, I have planted some of the
trees beloved of Horace."
* What trees?* asked Bazarov, overhearing.
1 Oh . . . acacias/
Bazarov began to yawn*
*I imagine it's time our travellers were in
the arms of Morpheus,1 observed Vassily Ivano-
vitch.
'That is, it's time for bed/ Bazarov put
in. * That's a correct idea. It is time,
certainly/